http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Ken+James Computers and Technology Ken James Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=83337&ca=Computers+and+Technology Over the last few years, the real growth of the Internet has been in the area of e-commerce. The proliferation and growth of popular e-commerce web sites like Amazon, Ebay, etc. has led to a rapid increase in the number of monetary transactions happening every day. This, in turn, has driven the need... Computers and Technology Ken James Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=81529&ca=Computers+and+Technology What is spam? Large numbers of unsolicited, unwanted, intrusive, irrelevant or inappropriate commercial messages sent via email or instant messenger is called spam. Spam is basically the same message sent repeatedly to a user. Generally, spam on the Internet is used for commercial advertising. It is... Computers and Technology Ken James Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=81531&ca=Computers+and+Technology Computer viruses and spyware are some of the types of malicious software (malware) that propagate and affect computer users. What is a computer virus? A computer virus is the term coined for a malicious software program, which enters into a user’s system and copies itself into various files. The ana... Computers and Technology Ken James Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=80857&ca=Computers+and+Technology What is a firewall? A firewall is a hardware or software solution that protects your computer network by preventing its access by unauthorised or potentially dangerous software, by using a system of built-in filters. A firewall is typically a software package, or a dedicated gateway machine. The gat...